140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [April, 



65. Pseudoscarus guacamaia (Cuvier). 69. Pomacanthus paru (Bloch). 



66. Chcetodon sedentarius Poey. 70. Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch). 

 *67. C. striatus Linne. 71. Angelichthys ciliaris (Linne). 

 t68. C. capistratus Linne. *72. Hepatus coeruleus (Schneider). 



73. Balistes forcipatus Graelin. 



{Balistes moribundus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., n. s., XIV, 

 1871, p. 479.) 



Head 2f; depth If; D. Ill— 29; A. 26; about 42 indistinct scales 

 in median lateral series between gill-opening and caudal base and 

 4 more on latter^^- snout If in head; eye 3j; interorbital 2f; fifth 

 dorsal ray 2; fifth anal ray 21; least depth of caudal peduncle 3; 

 caudal If; pectoral 2^. Body contour elHpsoid, compressed, deepest 

 medially. Caudal peduncle and head compressed, latter with upper 

 profile nearly straight and lower slightly convex. Muzzle well com- 

 pressed, preorbital slightly concave, width about half its length. 

 Mouth small, very slightly superior. Teeth in jaws enlarged me- 

 dially, each with concave edge. Nostrils together, close before 

 upper front eye edge. Interorbital convex. Gill-opening slightly 

 oblique, about | of eye. Body finely spinescent, each scale with 

 about 2 uneven rows of spinules. First dorsal spine robust, spiny 

 in front and spines larger above, its length (broken) at least twice 

 that of third. Soft dorsal origin midway between hind pupil edge 

 and caudal base, front rays highest and fin rounded. Anal similar, 

 opposite. Caudal rounded. Pectoral small. Ventral spine spines- 

 cent and flap with 10 slender, pointed spines. Color in alcohol 

 brownish generally, sides of head and trunk with numerous pale 

 bluish spots. Underlaid cloudings of deeper brown and 3 dark 

 brown blotches on back below soft dorsal, larger and more indis- 

 tinct one below spinous dorsal, and all reflected slightly on fins 

 basally. Membranes of spinous dorsal dusky. Iris deep brown. 

 Fins pale brownish, basally with several somewhat irregular rows of 

 whitish spots. Length 56 mm. No. 781, A. N. S. P., type of B. 

 moribundus Cope. 



74. B. vehda Linne. 



75. Canthidermis sobaco Poey. 



{Balistes asperrimus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., n. s., XIV, 

 1871, p. 478.) 



Head 2f ; depth If ; D. Ill — 26; A. 24; scales about 51 in mechan 

 lateral series between gill-opening and caudal base and 4 more on 

 latter; snout If in head; eye 3^; interorbital 2f; first dorsal spine 



12 Not 60 as given by Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., Bull. 47, 

 II, 1898, p. 1702. 



